Fixed income funds managed by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and Goldman Sachs Asset Management have suffered a two-notch drop in their ratings - from AAA to A - by Standard & Poor's.
The news comes in spite of large mandate wins for Merrill in the past quarter. Standard & Poor said that its lack of exposure to Japanese government bonds was behind the downrating. S&P said tha...
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